About the Journal

Vórtex Music Journal (ISSN 2317-9937 - Qualis A1) is an online, open-access journal dedicated to music and edited under the responsibility of the Postgraduate Program in Music (PPGMUS) of the State University of Paraná (Unespar), Brazil. We are part of a public, non-profit educational institution, so our content is 100% free (Open Access). Our purpose is to disseminate and share original research with the academic community free of charge, covering the following sub-areas and thematic fields of music:

- Sound Creation and Musical Composition;
- Music Computing and Music Technology;
- Sound Studies and Sonology;
- Aesthetics and Philosophy of Music;
- Music Performance;
- Analysis, Perception and Music Theory;
- Musicology and Ethnomusicology;
- Popular Music.

EDITORIAL POLICY

Periodicity and Publication Schedule

Vórtex Music Journal operates on a continuous publication system, i.e. once the evaluation and editing process is complete, the work is published. The approximate time between submission and publication is up to 6 months. The entire process follows this flow:

- The editors make a first reading of the manuscript and decide if the work is of interest to the journal (2 weeks);
- The editors analyze the profile and invite two reviewers for the task (2 weeks);
- The reviewers evaluate the work (12 weeks);
- Based on the evaluations, the editors decide on publication or rejection (2 weeks);
- If accepted with the necessary corrections and revisions, the manuscript returns to the authors (3 weeks).
- Once accepted, the manuscript goes to Publishing, where it will be prepared for publication, with DOI assignment and layout finalization (3 weeks).

Open Access Policy

This is an open access journal, which means that all the content is available free of charge, at no cost to the user or their institution. Users are authorized to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of the two articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without the need to obtain prior authorization from the editor or author. This is in accordance with BOAI's definition of open access: https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai10/

Digital Preservation and Licenses

The authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International CC-BY (Open-Access) license, allowing the work to be shared with acknowledgement of authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Vórtex Music Journal does not charge article processing charges (APC) or submission fees; nor do authors receive any payment whatsoever for published work.

Vórtex Music Journal publishes its content on a UNESPAR server. The main access site is http://periodicos.unespar.edu.br/index.php/vortex/index (short URL: http://vortex.unespar.edu.br/). Once published, all papers are saved in PDF/A format to ensure the long-term preservation and archiving of electronic documents. In addition, after publication, all articles are distributed to our partner databases to ensure better visibility and longevity.

Authorship

- All authors included in the submission of a paper are responsible for the content and must have participated sufficiently for their names to be listed in any publication.
- Revista Vórtex adopts the criteria for characterizing authorship published in the "COPE discussion document: Authorship" (https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.3.3).
- Whenever a manuscript has the collaboration of more than one researcher, it is mandatory to specify the contribution made. Revista Vórtex recommends the CRediT Taxonomy: https://credit.niso.org
- Each author may publish one paper every 12 months. The 12-month period starts from the submission date. This rule also applies to co-authorship.
- Authors must declare all sources of funding for the work in the manuscript;
- At the time of submission, authors must indicate whether their manuscript is deposited on a Preprint server. We do not consider that the publication of articles in Preprint repositories detracts from the originality of the article submitted.
- Authors are aware that papers rejected after resubmission (2nd instance) cannot be submitted a third time.
- Authors of papers published by Revista Vórtex will be considered potential ad hoc reviewers;
- Authors declare that the use of copyright of images, sounds and other elements in the manuscript has been duly credited and authorized to its owner;
- Authors are responsible for ensuring that grammar and spelling are correct. If deemed necessary during evaluation, it will be the responsibility of the authors to arrange for professional proofreading of the manuscripts (grammar, spelling, standardization).
- Authors are obliged to provide the necessary corrections as indicated by the reviewers and Editors.
- All authors declare when submitting their manuscripts that they are aware of and agree to the rules and Editorial Policy of Revista Vórtex.
- The Vórtex website, under the submissions tab, contains all the conditions and guidelines for preparing manuscripts for interested authors: https://periodicos.unespar.edu.br/vortex/about/submissions

Plagiarism, Self-Plagiarism, Publication Ethics and Retraction Policy.

- Vórtex Music Journal considers plagiarism, self-plagiarism, text recycling, fabrication or falsification of data and images to be serious misconduct. To check for such cases, we use CopySpider© plagiarism detector software, with the following criteria: manuscripts with up to 15% similarity will be accepted automatically as long as they do not constitute plagiarism; manuscripts with 15-25% similarity will be checked by the editors.
- Vórtex Music Journal considers the use of other people's ideas without proper acknowledgement and reference to be plagiarism. The journal also condemns self-plagiarism or recycling of texts by the same author. This is when sections of the same text appear (usually without attribution) in more than one publication by the same author. The Editors adopt as a reference the criteria stipulated by COPE in "Text recycling guidelines for editors" (https://cope.onl/guidelines-text). Finally, if any kind of plagiarism is detected, the editors will reject the work immediately.
- The evaluation process is careful to identify such misconduct. In case of doubt, the Editors-in-Chief ask the authors for supporting data on the methodology and results, as well as any clarifications deemed necessary to support their decision making. Occasionally, when the journal's decision is contested, a committee of members of the Editorial Board and/or members from outside the journal is set up for evaluation. In the event of misconduct, Vórtex Music Journal reserves the right to inform the authors' affiliation or funding institutions involved in the development of the research.
- If an article that has already been published is the subject of an allegation of misconduct, Vórtex Music Journal will carry out an investigation and, if found, the work should be retracted and remain indexed in the journal's database as retracted. The retraction documents the reason(s) for the error and must be duly referenced, through communication from the author or editor or other authorized agent, and published in the same issue as the original work.
- Mistakes or errors, regardless of their nature or origin, which do not constitute misconduct, are corrected by means of an erratum. Vórtex Music Journal guarantees the timely publication of errata, corrections or retractions.

Issues of Diversity, Equity, Equality and Accessibility

Vórtex Music Journal is publicly committed to promoting equality and accessibility in all its practices and environments. This commitment is aligned with the DEIA principles (Diversity, Equity, Equality and Accessibility) as established by the IDEIA Declaration (https://25.scielo.org/declaracao-ideia/). Our mission includes ensuring a diverse editorial team in terms of gender, geographical origin, ethnicity and institutional affiliations. To guarantee impartiality in our editorial process, we adopt transparent measures that ensure fairness at all stages of evaluation. We recognize the difficulties faced by different individuals and communities, and are committed to offering personalized support when needed. In addition, we actively support initiatives aimed at gender equality and seek strategies that promote greater representation in the academic and scientific community. This includes support for women, members of the LGBTI+ community, native peoples and ethnic groups in situations of vulnerability and marginalization. Our position is in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5), which seeks to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls (https://brasil.un.org/pt-br/sdgs/5). We are committed to promoting these values in all our activities and to contributing to a fairer, more inclusive and equal world.